Jana McBurney-Lin's Books
Oct.02.2012
Hi-Dong Chai and Jana McBurney-Lin, the award-winning author of My Half of the Sky, turn their hands to a remarkable story of a family and country torn apart by outside forces. The time is 1942, the place is Japanese-occupied Seoul, Korea. Fifteen-year-old He-Seung is full of fire, ready to take on these Japanese…if only he could convince his father, a Christian...
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Jul.01.2011
The late leader of China, Chairman Mao said that, "Women hold up half the sky." My Half of the Sky is the story of a contemporary young Chinese woman who strives to be modern, strives to hold up her half of the sky, but the traditions of her village keep pulling her back. While the narration takes place in China/Singapore, the story is universal: where do we reconcile the past with...
The artist is nothing without gift. But the gift is nothing without work.”
—Emile Zola
About Jana
Jana lived over half her adult life in Asia, and has written and edited fictional stories and non-fictional articles about America, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. She has worked with more than 40 different publications in seven...
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